This invention provides methods of improving assays for the quantitation of a protein in a sample by enhancing equimolar detection of the protein. Detection is enhanced by modifying the reaction environment of the protein. This invention further provides improved reagent particles for use in the detection and/or quantitation of an analyte in a sample, where the reagent particles comprise two or more coatings of the same or a different substance, such as an antibody, immobilized on an insoluble particle. This invention further provides a method of increasing the sensitivity of particle-enhanced immunoassays by increasing the size of the aggregates that are formed in the assay. Aggregate size is increased by combining the sample with three different antibodies: an analyte-specific antibody immobilized on an insoluble particle, a second antibody specific analyte, and a linker antibody which specifically binds the second antibody but does not bind to the analyte.
本发明提供了通过加强等摩尔蛋白质检测来改进样品中蛋白质定量分析的方法。通过改变蛋白质的反应环境来提高检测能力。本发明进一步提供了用于检测和/或定量样品中分析物的改进试剂颗粒,其中试剂颗粒包括固定在不溶性颗粒上的两种或两种以上相同或不同物质(如
抗体)的涂层。本发明进一步提供了一种通过增大检测中形成的聚集体的尺寸来提高颗粒增强免疫分析灵敏度的方法。将样品与三种不同的
抗体(固定在不溶性微粒上的分析物特异性
抗体、第二
抗体特异性分析物,以及特异性结合第二
抗体但不与分析物结合的连接
抗体)结合,可增加聚集体的大小。